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ELOrocks17
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
USA
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 Posted - 04/10/2007 : 5:21:32 PM
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Has anyone seen this awesome Japanese movie???
It was so funny that "Vic Romano" from MXC plays the teacher who..(((SPOILER ALERT>>>>>>>>>
Kills a student for whispering to a friend in class.
"Oh my...that is quite toxic!"-Weyoun (DS9) |
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 04/10/2007 : 8:12:01 PM
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I really like BR, although every time I don't gush over it like all the twenty-somethings I know that tell me I don't get it because I'm, like, too old dude. Like we didn't have angst and alienation when I went to school. It's a very Japanese film though. BTW, "Beat" Takashi is huge- there's a lot more to him than BR and Takashi's Castle (or MXC as we know it stateside!) *g*
"Meeting you makes me want to be a real noodle cook"
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Edited by - Sardu on 04/10/2007 8:13:12 PM |
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hbrennan
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Philippines
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Posted - 04/12/2007 : 10:57:23 AM
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I own the film. It's quite striking. You're right - it's nothing to gush over and it's very Japanese (I speak as one having lived in Japan, as well as being a Japanese film fan). The irony on display plus the unexpected character development, I think, is what appeals to those of us who are no longer in. our 20's (I think I'm no longer in my 20's - but my mind isn't what it used to be)
"...yet it hadn't destroyed his brain."
re: Charles "The Butcher" Benton (1956)
http://www.henrybrennan.com/
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ELOrocks17
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
USA
131 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2007 : 4:55:37 PM
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What was your faveorite scene?
SPOILER ALERT^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Mine was the scene in the lighthouse
"Oh my...that is quite toxic!"-Weyoun (DS9) |
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hbrennan
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Philippines
1455 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2007 : 5:03:04 PM
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For me, it was the perkiness of the initial training video that lent a bizarre creepiness and set the tone for film's general insanity.
"...yet it hadn't destroyed his brain."
re: Charles "The Butcher" Benton (1956)
http://www.henrybrennan.com/
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Terrahawk
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 04/16/2007 : 09:15:15 AM
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Yes, the training video was brilliant. However, the film has the logical holes that appear in a lot of Japanese film. That being said, the characters and their development at times are interesting.
I like the scene at the beginning where the one kid is trying to give the fat kid back his crossbow. It's just obvious that some of the kids are stuck in their old mindset and haven't adjust to what is happening.
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